Report Fatigue – Commentary From A Climate Scientist On The Latest IPCC Summary

Report Fatigue – Commentary From A Climate Scientist On The Latest IPCC Summary

Share to Linkedin The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Summary for Policymakers this week. It captured the analyses of Working Group I to the 6th Assessment Report. I had a chance to review it on Monday, and it says all of the things that I expected it to say and with the necessary sense of urgency. Here's the problem. I am "report fatigued." We need action. Bangkok, THAILAND: Bert Metz, co-Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ... [+] Working Group III displays a meeting report during a press conference at the United Nations building in Bangkok, 04 May 2007. Environmental groups on 04 May hailed a UN report on reducing climate change as "historic" and said governments must act immediately if they are to prevent a global warming disaster. AFP PHOTO/ Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images) The report stated that it is unequivocal that human influenced has warmed the land, ocean, and atmosphere. It also used strong words of certainty and convincing graphics to make the case for anthropogenic factors related to increased temperatures, sea level rise, Arctic sea ice loss, stronger tropical cyclones, intense rainfall, drought,